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No. 76,449. Patented Apr. 7, 1868.

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Letters Patent No. 76,449,:datsdApril 7, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE-SHOES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Be it known that I, WARNER Hmns, of the city and county of Worcester, State-of Massachusetts, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Horse-Shoes; and I do hereby declare-the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, due reference being had to the accompanying drawings, by the letters of reference marked thereon. I i

The object of my invention is to secure the shoe to 'thehoof, in such a manner that whilst it may be securely heldto the hoof when on, I am enabled to construct it of-one piece, in a light, economical form, without either nails,.screws, joints,.or any separate pieces, vto become loose by wear.

To these ends, its nature consists in forming the shoe by casting, rolling, swaging, or forging, with several ribs or arm's to extend up outsidethe boot, and having suitable clinches,todrive into the ho0f,,to holditfirmly, said arms being capable of being bent back and forth, to put on the shoe.

Figure 1 is a view of my improved horse-shoe,

Figure 2 is a side View of the sarne The same parts being indicated by'the same letter in both. I

A is the sole or body of the shoe, (which maybe of any suitable form and style-ofcalking,) and from "it rise the arms-B B, (at such points as found best to secure'it to the hoof extendingmp a short distance, and

each furnished with one or more clinches, i i, which are made thinnnd sharp, and so filed as to turuand clinch when driven intothe boot, and ma'y be set inisuch position as found best.

In setting the shoe, the hoof is pzl-red even and true-onlits bottom, the arms of the shoe bent of, andnhnilow places filed in the. edge of the boon-where the arms come; then, setting the foot down, with the shoe in place and the weight of the horse brought to beiir on it, the arms are driven up close, and, hold it securely; or the shoe. may be heated and bedded on the hoof, and then the arms'olosedup and clinched as before, the projecting edge of the hoof, between thearms, being smoothed of, to leave-neat work. This gives a natural or working condition of the knot and shoe when the arms are clinched, and the growth of the hoof tends to increase rather than diminish the hold of thc sho'e, and compensate forthe jarring of use. i

I am aware that shoes have been rnade with arms, screws, clips, &o., 850., to secure them; these I do not claim, but I What I claim as new, and desire tosecnr-e by Letters Patent, is-

The horse-shoe,complete 'in. one piece, formed by thelcomhinntion of the sole A, with or without calks, the,

arms B B and clinches it; when constructed and operating in the manner and for the purposes above set forth and described.

WARNER HINDS. Witnesses:

J. 'W. ALLEN, Jmns G. ARNOLD. 

